Sweet Subterfuge novel by Trina Duo novel Chapter 541

"Do you want to have someone prepare the money?" Dylan asked.

"Of course." Kevan did not hesitate on this issue.

Dylan immediately got up to make a call on the balcony.

"Are you feeling better now?" Kevan asked Larissa.

He just asked this without any preamble, and Larissa took some time to gather herself before retorting, "Feeling better about what?"

"I will not ignore Bethany." Kevan had a faint smile on his lips. When he spoke, he kept his fathomless gaze on Larissa the whole time, the warmth and scorch from it causing her to be ill at ease once more.

Pressing a hand against her pounding heart, Larissa looked down slowly. "I've always been okay." Her voice was lighter than the night's breeze.

"So …" Kevan's gaze moved away from her face and down to her plate. "Can you eat properly now?"

Larissa was stunned. He seemed to have some sort of obsession—or was it some sort of … compulsive disorder? Regardless, if he did not force her to finish her food, he would not be happy. At this point, she did not want to create more trouble for him, and could only force herself to take in a few more spoonfuls of food.

The furrow in Kevan's brow finally began to loosen up slowly.

Larissa still had work to do, so she did not stay in Dylan's room for long. After she left, Kevan's face visibly darkened.

He called Jack in person and said, "No need to track that number. The person who kidnapped Bethany is Ron Jules."

Dylan rolled his eyes at him. "Well, it's your fault that you were too high profile previously. Sending Aster to school, and even attending some Fun Family Sports Day. So many people saw you with him, did you think this wouldn't get out?"

Before today, Kevan had not been worried at all.

Even though many people had heard Aster calling him daddy, anyone who cared enough to check would not think that Aster was related to him at all. For no other reason than the fact that Aster's name was Alastair Simmons, and Wendy's name was written in all certifying materials as his biological mother.

And this was something that had led him astray once.

However, it was clear that Xavier did not look as deeply into things as he did. He probably only heard from someone that he and Larissa had a son, and did not bother to verify if this was the truth, frantically trying to threaten him with this—coincidentally hitting the jackpot while doing so.

Now that Kevan actually thought about it, he was actually a little scared. If the one who got kidnapped was Aster, he would never be as calm as he was now. In fact, someone may have died.